How much does the vehicle need to alter its path to be deemed unstable? Although there are multiple standards on how to quantify a tire’s performance on dry surfaces, there is only one standard to quantify the tire’s performance on wet surfaces, called the EU Wet Grip Label. Continue Reading Wet Testing
Michelle Chaka, Director of the Division of Data & Analytics, is the recipient of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International 2021 J. Cordell Breed Award for Women Leaders. Established in 1999 by the SAE Women Engineers Committee, the J. Cordell Breed Award for Women Leaders is designed to recognize women active in all sectors… Continue Reading Researcher receives industry award for women leaders in engineering
Hampton Clay Gabler III, an esteemed faculty member of the Center for Injury Biomechanics, died on Jan. 11, 2021, surrounded by his loving family. Gabler was the Samuel Herrick Professor at Virginia Tech, where he served as professor and chair of the undergraduate biomedical engineering program in biomedical engineering and mechanics in the College of Engineering over the… Continue Reading In memoriam: Hampton Clay Gabler III
